Sure nissan doesn't make them themselves. But for $10 a filter, how much
time are you going to waste trying to figure where to buy them to save
what, 2-3 bucks? And if you guess wrong (or they aren't to the same specs),
it's RUINS a $500 part. If these filters were $35+ and the others sold for
$3 MAYBE I could see it. But that isn't the case.

It's the same with oil filters. You can buy REAL nissan ones for $5 and the
cheap replacements that may or may not be the right thing are $3 so you
save enough to buy a big mac and risk throwing away several thousands of
dollars in engine repairs. That's NOT being very smart.

Something you might check:

Nissan had a problem with faulty connectors to the throttle position
sensor, but didn't publicize it much because they wanted to avoid a recall.
Their field service engineer told me about it when I was seeing a slight
loss of power as well as high/oscillating idling. His recommendation was to
cut out the old connector and replace it with one of more reliable design.
Its been a while, so I don't remember if it is 3 or 4 wires, but I used a
4-pin microphone connector male/female pair. These are often used by radio
amateurs and come up to 8 or 9 pins which are arranged in a circle around a
central cylinder. The male & female fasten together with a threaded collar,
so it makes a good secure connection. Radio Shack sells them. Once I
soldered both halves together, I covered the exposed ends where the solder
lugs are with bondo. Now my Z idles perfectly at 1000 RPM, never misses and
purrs.

One of the other "non publicized" problems was with the radiators. The side
tanks are sealed with o-rings, which become less pliable at cold temps.
They had a lot of complaints where coolant leaked out only when the engine
was cold. When customers took them in for service, the radiators tested
good because the engines had been running and warmed them up. So it was
easy to convince the owner that it was all "in their heads."

Give it a try,
Dave

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Something you might check:

Nissan had a problem with faulty connectors to the throttle position
sensor, but didn't publicize it much because they wanted to avoid a recall.
Their field service engineer told me about it when I was seeing a slight
loss of power as well as high/oscillating idling. His recommendation was to
cut out the old connector and replace it with one of more reliable design.
Its been a while, so I don't remember if it is 3 or 4 wires, but I used a
4-pin microphone connector male/female pair. These are often used by radio
amateurs and come up to 8 or 9 pins which are arranged in a circle around a
central cylinder. The male & female fasten together with a threaded collar,
so it makes a good secure connection. Radio Shack sells them. Once I
soldered both halves together, I covered the exposed ends where the solder
lugs are with bondo. Now my Z idles perfectly at 1000 RPM, never misses and
purrs.

One of the other "non publicized" problems was with the radiators. The side
tanks are sealed with o-rings, which become less pliable at cold temps.
They had a lot of complaints where coolant leaked out only when the engine
was cold. When customers took them in for service, the radiators tested
good because the engines had been running and warmed them up. So it was
easy to convince the owner that it was all "in their heads."

Give it a try,
Dave

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